two days ago, senator bob casey, democrat from pennsylvania, and 16 other democrats who voted for the affordable care act are asking for this provision, this tax to be postponed. >> you know what bill? i think there is a good chance that will happen because you have virtually all the republicans are against these innovation taxes but --. bill: why would they agree to it in the beginning then? >> because i don't think they really understood the real ramifications of this, bill. as with everything in washington we don't solve a problem until we're right up against the precipice of the cliff and i think that will happen with this tax. they had a vote on this i think last summer, a few months ago, it came close to overturning the bill. they didn't have quite enough votes. i think you're onto something. i think they may overturn this sometime early in 2013 as we see the real results of it. bill: you have to pass it to know what is in it. steve moore, hemmer@foxnews.com is the e-mail. shoot me a tweet on twitter @billhemmer because you asked, bya. thank you, steve moore, "wall street journa